JamesG
11-24-2025, 03:37 AM
Wicked: For Good Dazzles With $150 Million, Biggest Debut for Broadway Adaptation
by Rebecca Rubin
Nov. 23, 2025
Wicked: For Good, Universal’s rendition of Act Two of the musical sensation, was No. 1 with $150 million from 4,115 North American theaters in its opening weekend.
The film set a record for Broadway adaptations, shattering the debut of 2024’s Wicked, which previously held the benchmark with $112.5 million over the same pre-Thanksgiving frame. These ticket sales also rank as the year’s second-biggest opening behind April’s A Minecraft Movie ($162 million) but above May’s Lilo & Stitch remake ($146 million).
It collected an additional $76 million at the international box office, bringing its global total to $226 million. It marks the biggest overseas and global opening for a stage musical adaptation.
Second place went to last weekend's No. 1 title Now You See Me 3: Now You Don't, which added $9.1 million in its second weekend of release, a 56% drop from its debut. Lionsgate’s illusionist adventure has amassed $36.8 million domestically.
The film, which cost $90 million to produce, has been a much bigger hit overseas with $109 million for a global tally of $146 million. A fourth installment is already in the works.
Predator: Badlands was No. 3 with $6.5 million in its third weekend.
It has earned $76 million domestically and $159.6 million globally.
The Running Man wasn’t far behind in fourth place with $6.1 million in its sophomore outing.
It has generated just $27 million in North America and $48.3 million worldwide.
Searchlight’s dramedy Rental Family, starring Brendan Fraser as a lonely, struggling actor who lands the not-so-plum job of playing stand-in roles for strangers in Japan, opened in fifth place with $3.3 million from 1,925 cinemas.
Reviews and audience scores are strong (an 86% on Rotten Tomatoes and “A” grade on CinemaScore), which could help the film stick around over the holiday season.
Sony’s bloody, R-rated action thriller Sisu: Road to Revenge landed at No. 6 with $2.6 million from 2,222 theaters, behind already soft estimates of $3 million.
Those ticket sales are behind the prior installment, 2022’s Sisu, which ignited to $3.3 million before tapping out with $7 million domestically and $14 million globally.
Upcoming releases include Disney’s Zootopia 2 and Avatar: Fire and Ash.
https://variety.com/2025/film/box-office/wicked-for-good-box-office-opening-weekend-record-1236590025/
November 21-23, 2025: Weekend Studio Estimates
1. Wicked: For Good $150,000,000
2. Now You See Me: Now You Don't $9,120,000 / $36,829,120
3. Predator: Badlands $6,250,000 / $76,284,737
4. The Running Man $5,800,000 / $27,048,103
5. Rental Family $3,300,000
6. Sisu: Road to Revenge $2,600,000
7. Regretting You $1,520,000 / $47,258,477
8. Nuremberg $1,234,302 / $11,013,967
9. Black Phone 2 $1,000,000 / $76,388,985
10. Sarah's Oil $771,542 / $10,352,218
by Rebecca Rubin
Nov. 23, 2025
Wicked: For Good, Universal’s rendition of Act Two of the musical sensation, was No. 1 with $150 million from 4,115 North American theaters in its opening weekend.
The film set a record for Broadway adaptations, shattering the debut of 2024’s Wicked, which previously held the benchmark with $112.5 million over the same pre-Thanksgiving frame. These ticket sales also rank as the year’s second-biggest opening behind April’s A Minecraft Movie ($162 million) but above May’s Lilo & Stitch remake ($146 million).
It collected an additional $76 million at the international box office, bringing its global total to $226 million. It marks the biggest overseas and global opening for a stage musical adaptation.
Second place went to last weekend's No. 1 title Now You See Me 3: Now You Don't, which added $9.1 million in its second weekend of release, a 56% drop from its debut. Lionsgate’s illusionist adventure has amassed $36.8 million domestically.
The film, which cost $90 million to produce, has been a much bigger hit overseas with $109 million for a global tally of $146 million. A fourth installment is already in the works.
Predator: Badlands was No. 3 with $6.5 million in its third weekend.
It has earned $76 million domestically and $159.6 million globally.
The Running Man wasn’t far behind in fourth place with $6.1 million in its sophomore outing.
It has generated just $27 million in North America and $48.3 million worldwide.
Searchlight’s dramedy Rental Family, starring Brendan Fraser as a lonely, struggling actor who lands the not-so-plum job of playing stand-in roles for strangers in Japan, opened in fifth place with $3.3 million from 1,925 cinemas.
Reviews and audience scores are strong (an 86% on Rotten Tomatoes and “A” grade on CinemaScore), which could help the film stick around over the holiday season.
Sony’s bloody, R-rated action thriller Sisu: Road to Revenge landed at No. 6 with $2.6 million from 2,222 theaters, behind already soft estimates of $3 million.
Those ticket sales are behind the prior installment, 2022’s Sisu, which ignited to $3.3 million before tapping out with $7 million domestically and $14 million globally.
Upcoming releases include Disney’s Zootopia 2 and Avatar: Fire and Ash.
https://variety.com/2025/film/box-office/wicked-for-good-box-office-opening-weekend-record-1236590025/
November 21-23, 2025: Weekend Studio Estimates
1. Wicked: For Good $150,000,000
2. Now You See Me: Now You Don't $9,120,000 / $36,829,120
3. Predator: Badlands $6,250,000 / $76,284,737
4. The Running Man $5,800,000 / $27,048,103
5. Rental Family $3,300,000
6. Sisu: Road to Revenge $2,600,000
7. Regretting You $1,520,000 / $47,258,477
8. Nuremberg $1,234,302 / $11,013,967
9. Black Phone 2 $1,000,000 / $76,388,985
10. Sarah's Oil $771,542 / $10,352,218